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Friday, September 25, 2009

I'm really into spoken word poetry. I especially admire Alix Olson. She originally inspired me to try my own hand at spoken word poetry, and I was able to meet her last year at my college's Take Back The Night event at which she performed.

Last Thursday I mentioned Alix Olson at a meeting of Students Against Sexism in Society (the feminist organization at Knox College), and after the meeting a new member of the group told me that if I liked Alix Olson, I should check out Andrea Gibson's poetry. I did. And I'm in awe.

Here's a video of her performing "Dive."

What do you think? Know of any other awesome poets you'd like to share?

7 comments:

Thanks for the post. I also like spoken poetry and I have never heard of Gibson before, so, thanks! I also recommend Staceyann Chin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhQOZTmWQQE), Sonia Renee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOV7RyHjl5c), and Gina Lorings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgQLEfSi9ys).

I adore both her and Marty McConnell, and am very fond of Roger Bonair-Agard as well. I have a friend who got me watching Def Poetry, and I am genuinely so grateful that I'm almost in tears right now, because it's from Def Poetry that I found feminism, among other things.

I was going to mention Staceyann Chin and Sonia Renee too, but here's a group of young male poets (Chico Speaks Out Team 2005?) doing "This is for You" dedicated to women which is really moving:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOv47njeLHQ&feature=player_embedded#t=184